Jae (Korean name)

Jae is a single-syllable Korean given name, as well as element in two-syllable Korean given names. Its meaning differs based on the hanja chosen by the name-giver.

Jae
Hangul
재
Hanja
Revised RomanizationJae
McCune–ReischauerChae

Hanja and meaning

As of December 2018, regulations of the Supreme Court of Korea permit the following 20 hanja with the reading Jae, plus seven variant forms, to be registered for use in given names.[1]

Eleven characters from the table of basic hanja for educational use:

  1. 才 (재주 재; jaeju jae): "talent"
  2. 材 (재목 재; jaemok jae): "timber"
  3. 財 (재물 재; jaemul jae): "wealth"
  4. 在 (있을 재; isseul jae): "to exist", "to be located at"
  5. 栽 (심을 재; simeul jae): "to plant", "to cultivate"
  6. 再 (두 재; du jae): "twice", "again"
  7. 哉 (어조사 재; eojosa jae): emphasis particle in Classical Chinese grammar
  8. 災 (재앙 재; jaeang jae): "disaster"
  9. 裁 (마를 재; mareul jae): "to cut"
  10. 載 (실을 재; sireul jae): "to load"
  11. 宰 (재상 재; jaesang jae): "to rule"

Nine characters from the table of additional hanja for name use:

  1. 梓 (가래나무 재; garaenamu jae): "Juglans mandshurica" (tree)
  2. 縡 (일 재; il jae): "matter", "affair"
  3. 齋 (재계할 재; jaegyehal jae): "to fast"
  4. 渽 (물 이름 재; mul ireum jae): old name of the Dadu River in Sichuan
  5. 滓 (찌꺼기 재; jjiggeogi jae): "remnants", "dregs"
  6. 齎 (가져올 재; gajyeoul jae): "to bring"
  7. 捚 (손바닥에 받을 재; sonbadage badeul jae): "to receive in one's palm"
  8. 賳 (재물 재; jaemul jae): "wealth"
  9. 崽 (자식 재; jasik jae): "one's own child"

People

People with the single-syllable given name Jae include:

  • Gil Jae (1353–1419), Goryeo and early Joseon Dynasty neo-Confucian scholar
  • Hur Jae (born 1965), South Korean basketball coach and former player

Korean people who have shortened their full names to Jae in English include:

  • Jae U. Jung (Jung Jae-ung; born 1960), South Korean biologist
  • Jae Chong (Chong Jae-yun; born 1972), American music producer
  • Jae Seo (Seo Jae-woong; born 1977), South Korean baseball player
  • Jae Yoo (Yoo Hyuk-jae; born 1989), South Korean model
  • Jaejae (Lee Eun-jae; born 1990), South Korean television personality
  • Jae Park (Park Jae-hyung; born 1992), American singer of Korean descent

As a name element

Names which begin with this syllable include:

Names which end with this syllable include:

Notes
  1. This is officially listed as a separate character in Schedule 1 of the regulations, rather than a variant form in Schedule 2 of the regulations.

References
  1. "가족관계의 등록 등에 관한 규칙" [Regulations on Registration of Family Relations]. Regulation No. 2954 of 29 January 2021 (in Korean).
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